Bag.



W. N. HUNTER.

BAG.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 11. 1908.

Patented June 20, 1911y vTo all whom it may concern:

,tran scarse earner or WARREN N. HUNTER, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORTO UNION' SPECLAJI.' MACHINE COMPANY. 0F CHICAGOL ILLINOIS, A.

CORPORATION' OF ILLINOTS.

BAG.

Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented Jane ee, reir.

Application filed August 11, 1908. Serial No.' 447,927.

Beit known that I, IVARREN N. HUNTER, `a citizen of the United States,Chicago, in the county of Cook, State of Illinois, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Bags, of which the following is adescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to theletters and figures of lreference marked thereon.

My invention relates to an' improvement in bags, and particularly to adevice forenabling the closing seam of the bag to be readily severed,the bag opened and the contents removed, without in the breaking of theseam endangering the structure of the bag itself.

Manufacturers of cement make a practice of selling the same in-bagswhich lare filled and closed at the top by seeming. These bags are madeof tough and strong material,

and are of such cost that it is desirable they i should be used over andover again.

Through the carelessness of workmen in opening these bags by usingshovels or other tools for severing the closing seam, a considerablepercentage of loss of bags is occasioned the cement manufacturers, byvery materially limiting the number of times a' bag may) be used.l

It is the object, therefore, of my invention to provide a simple andeffective attachment tothe bag for severmg the seam, which Wlll bewithin easy reach of a workman, and be y much easier to manipulate thana tool.

The invention, therefore, consists primarily of\v a bag having a closingseam readily ravelable, when severed, and means attached to the bag,adapted when manipulated to sever the closing seam.

Secondly, consists of a .bag having a closing seam readily ravel a blewhen severed, and a device attached to the bag and engaged by thestitches of the closing seam whereby when strain is put on said device,

the seam may be broken.

Finally, the invention consists in the va` rions matters hereinafterdescribed. and re ferred to in the appended claims.

The invention is illu `trated in the accompanying drawings, in which,- c

Figure l is a side view of a bag con structed in accordance with myinvention, and Fig. 2 is a view, partly in perspective, showing the bagafter the seam has been severed and partly unraveled. Fig. 3 is a crosssection of the bag.

In these drawings, A represents the bzw, which maybe of any suitablematerial. After it is filled, it is closed by a seam c, formed as hereinshown, of a line of single chain stitching, which from its nature iseasily ravelable when broken. Secured on the outside of the bag near oneendof the seam, and by certain of the stitches of the seam, is a stripof material b. of which the bag is composed, or of some other material,the only essential being that it be stronger than the seam, and capableof breaking or severing vthe same, when strain is applied.

While the construction illustrates a practical embodiment of myinvention, it will be understood that 'I do not desire to limit my selftothe eXactdetails of construction.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is l l. A' bag having closing means for themouth thereof'and a separate strip arranged v exteriorly of the bag andsecured thereto by said mouth-closing means, whereby the re-v moval of`the strip will break the lclosing means.,

2. A bag having a closing seam readily ravelable when severed, a stripof n'iaterial attached to the bag by some of the stitches of the closingseam, and adapted when strain is pnt upon it to break the seam. Y

In testimony whereof I-aflix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.'l

- WARREN N. HUNTER.4

Witnesses A. B. CLo'rHinn, It. TAUBERT.

